Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-13

ing gun ana the peal OF Tue nOEnlnS uu-
giles rang through the great tort together.
Just then he thought more of his friend
Montressor than himself. To the former,
the few short days before his separation
from his young wife and his departure
had passed like 8 hurried and feverish
dream. All was so terribly sudden; out
CIaire bore up nobly when, by the light
OF the almost level sun, amid dense
crowds, the CLEAN of arms, the crash OF
drums, the dark columns OF Sepoys, the
white helmetted British infSntry, the
quaint Pupj iub Mountain Batteries, the
glittering staff, the tramp OF hoofs snd
rumble of wheels, the march OF the de-
parting columns began.
| All seemed to wbirl strangely, ike &
phsntasm sgorls, b9!ore her eyes.
The grave, loving and earnest face OF
Montressor appeared st one moment to
be close to her own, the next to recede
| from her; and then his tender voice
seemed to sound faint and fer away, as
her senses were apparently Keeling, and
she feared an illness was falling upon her
"Dear Lady Tremsyne, you will guard
my darling for me, and keep her till my
RETURN" were his parting words.
Till his return. Poor MontressOr!
| A letter from Melanie, which Lonsdale
had fondly and desperately hoped might
reach him ere now, never came; and he
embarked tor Burmsh, little knowing that
al she had dropped into Uncle Grim
shsW's despatch-box went straight there
from into the fire, unopened.
CHAPTER XxxIv-wHY WE WENT TO
| BURMAH.
Dire perplexIty at the non-arrivAl Of
| letters from Melanie Talbot was the
prevailing sentiment Of Lonsdaie. Doubt
of her, or dread of the elderly baronet's
! influence, never occurred to him, and he
knew not not, to the full extent, the cruel
| pressure which her guardian, Mr.. Grim
shaw, could put upon her with reference
to that invalid brother, on whom she
dotted. Neither had Lonsdale any dread
OF Illness, as in that case he knew that
| Reginald Talbot, even young Dick, or
Amy Brendon, would have written to him;
aud the suspicion that his correspondence
was tempered with, or intercepted, had
not till OF late occurred to his honorable
mind.
Meanwhile, his friend Montressor was,
"a yet, man Of but one thought-re-
peutauce for the act CT folly and
simplicity of his earlier years-which IN
whiting, but terrible error had wrought
so much sorrow and mischief to one he
! loved better than himself.
They were together on board the head
quarter ship, in which were also Charlie
Danvers and Cecil Travers, on the staff;
| out aware Of what had trsnspired, these
young fellows had relinquished their tone
of banter, and sooth to tell, they rather,
when they could, j1st then avoided the
grave end tacIturn Montressor.
| The latter and LoDsjale, like other
company officers, during the first lew
houre they were or bosrd, hsd not much
time given them for incoming" or re-
flectiop, as they were kept busy enough
by the Queen's regu' atoms.
Ia fulfilling the latter, they had TO see
/ their men "told off, to their berths.
divided into mesEes and watches, IL
| structad il the proper method CT Singing
their hamm0cks snd rolling up their bed
ding, that their k1apsscks Or velises,
arms, ammupiti9n and GcCQUtrements
were al slowed IN their proper place.,
necesssries served out, hammoCks and
! bedding numbered, the guard or special
! duty man, the cooking arrangements seen
TO, notices issued, and hundred other
details attendedto, even 10 ventilation and
washing pisces, details Of which the gen
tlemen IN England, "Who live at home in
e6se," have not the slightest idea.
All this WAS imperative, end served 10
kill time, IS the great trooper, leading
the whole expedition, steamed on and on
into the Bay Of Bengal. There the north
east monsoon, OR periodical wind, com
meHces about the middle Of October, and
from that time till the beginning Of De,
cember navigation Of the mighty gulf is
| dangerous.
More than once, when Lousdale looked
at the flying scud alofs, that BODIED COM
ing rain, and the green rolling eea be-
| loI, there came to his mind some Of the
yarns OF the poor, stricked lad, Meianie's
| brother, and with them recollection CT
! his pale and worn yet handsome features,
| inst so closely resemb led her own.
| On the second night after the sandheads
Of the Eoogbley hsd been left astern,
Lo1gdale was ''1hilitary officer Of the
watch" and had 20 visit hourly the SEN
tzies-Who wers armed with bayonets
onl5-and to see that no smoking or
| lights were eppsrent, when there was
cry from the lockout ahesd thai "some-
thing was in sight" on the portbow. The
ship was steaming with the wind aft, but
slowly, thus she rolled heavily.
He ordered the "watcn-call" to be
sounded, TO call sll TO their stations fer
orders, with the ''halt" for silence; and
| the mysterious "somethiE2" came slowly
| in sight, abesm. At see, every object that
breaks the monatony OF the vast expanse
of sea or sky attracts deep attention.
The SKY was murky and stormy in
aspect; not star IVES visible. A long
bank CT black clouds obscured the moon,
but narrow strip OF her silver light
poured from behind II On the tumbling
ocean, and against the light the waves
rose and fell in sombre, Opaque and con-
lcal outlines, while upon these was visible
| that which ct first was like sea monster,
some ninety feet long, but from which
rose what was too evidently the stump Of
g mast, about eight feet high, with its
gear awash.
"A wreck-derelicti" passed from lip
10 lip, as the sombre outline of a half
submerged hull, lifting slowly with the
swell, wet and shining in the weird ha]f
light CT the yelled moon, became dis
tinctly visible-a source CT danger TO the
| craft that came upon II unseen.
All regarded it with m3urnful interest,
and maIveled what was It's story, from
wherever it had come, whittier pound,
and what was the fate OF its creW-the
once 1.-THE ana active fellows who had
manned the riyeR deck, hung out aloft on
the square yards, while the bright sun
shine or the pale moon had flied tie
swelling hoilCws CT the saiIs-whCsa
voices had responded 70 each other cheer
lly, in the hope that one day "the girls at
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